mirolóyia (English spelling)

Japanese: mirolóyia(英語表記)miroloyia
mirolóyia (English spelling)

...This song was written in the 1820s to praise the heroic deeds of a bandit called Klephtis, who turned the Turks against his rulers, during the War of Liberation. It features a beatless rhythm and a melismatic style in which each syllable is stretched out to create a rise and fall. There are many other traditional folk song forms, including the wedding procession song patinada, but the wailing song called mirolóyia is sung by women for the dead and is considered to be one of the oldest traditions. In Thrace and the Aegean islands near Turkey, a Turkish-style lamentative vocal music (with Greek lyrics) called amané has been handed down. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "mirolóyia" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…これは1820年代の解放戦争で,クレフティスと呼ばれた義賊が支配者のトルコ人を敵にまわしての英雄的行為をたたえて歌ったもので,無拍のリズムと各シラブルを引きのばして起伏をつけていくメリスマ的な歌い方を特徴とする。ほかに結婚式の行列の歌パティナダpatinadaをはじめ伝統的な民謡の形式は多いが,なかでもミロロイアmirolóyiaと呼ばれる哭歌(なきうた)は女たちによって死者のために歌われ,これは古い伝統の一つと考えられている。またトラキアやエーゲ海のトルコ寄りの島々ではアマネamanéと呼ばれるトルコ風の詠嘆的な声楽(歌詞はギリシア語)が伝承されている。…

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